A blog by Al! Who could have thought. I'd be interested in reading your musing though I'll be even more interested in seeing your old work. Still looking forward to all those Native American photos you have.
One of these days I'll get this internet and scanning stuff figured out. Supposedly Belle posted another self-portrait picture today but all I can get is a little red X in a box. Oh well.
Mikal gave me a few rolls of MACOPHOT CUBE 400c film to try. It seems to give a decent negative in D-76 full strength although I haven't tried printing any yet. It's on a tough thin polyester base that you can't tear, you need to cut it. Once processed it seems to want to curl up, making it a royal pain to make contact sheets. I sure hope it flattens out after spending some time sleeved. Right now I have a roll of it in the Leica CL with the 40/2 Summicron and another roll in the Bessa L with the 15/4.5 Heliar.
The film is supposed to have extended red sensitivity, not quite infra-red but up close to that region of the spectrum. I'm interested in seeing its rendition of people faces, sky with clouds, the ocean, and so on. Mikal said there's no cost advantage over Tri-X or Ilford HP5 Plus. He just thought we should give it a try. With Tri-X looking to make an exit from the market I need to find another everyday 400 speed film. I like the HP5 Plus but I'm open to suggestions.
I should take Monkey with me tomorrow. Christmas seems an ideal time to get him out into the stores, around the bright lights, maybe sitting on Santa's lap...LOL He's been sitting on a table in the living room for weeks now, alone and forlorn. Poor Monkey!
James Mitchell wants to put a picture with Monkey on a T-shirt, and market it in Japan. His girlfriend is from Japan, and they're planning a trip there in a couple of months. He envisions a sleeveless T with a picture of me and Monkey on the front, and marketing it to teenage Japanese girls. Maybe he has a good idea there. Guess we'll find out!
In the meantime Belle wants to work the bugs out of the posting problem. She envisions posting a photo just about every day, and me writing about it. I love the idea! Some would be current work, mostly from my self-portrait project, while the others would be old shots from the 60's and 70's. If you have any thoughts on this please let me know. Thanks.
http://www.frugalphotographer.com/catMaco.htm This will get you to the Frugal Photographer page for ordering some MACOPHOT CUBE 400c film.
Monkey and I just got back from Starbucks where we did a self-portrait with the manager, William, in a Santa hat over his shaved head and oneof the girls that works there. I also shot some with monkey in a glass fronted bulletin board full of Polaroid pictures of people with Santa that were taken a couple weeks ago at their Christmas party. Then we went across the street from my house where the lawn is full if fanciful reindeer and a sleigh made out of wire painted white. Monkey is riding a reindeer! We plan on going back over there in a couple of hours when hundreds of little lights are on, all over the reindeer and the sleigh.
I've been shooting with that MACO film since I have it anyway. Only two or three shots left on the roll in the Bessa L. I might dig out an M adapter and finish up the roll in the CL with the 15 also.
I heard that Kodak is getting out of the film business entirely. I wonder what they're going to do with the production facility in China that's started cranking out Kodacolor Gold? Maybe just market it under another name?
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A blog by Al! Who could have thought. I'd be interested in reading your musing though I'll be even more interested in seeing your old work. Still looking forward to all those Native American photos you have.
RML
Shards of Photography
One of these days I'll get this internet and scanning stuff figured out. Supposedly Belle posted another self-portrait picture today but all I can get is a little red X in a box. Oh well.
Mikal gave me a few rolls of MACOPHOT CUBE 400c film to try. It seems to give a decent negative in D-76 full strength although I haven't tried printing any yet. It's on a tough thin polyester base that you can't tear, you need to cut it. Once processed it seems to want to curl up, making it a royal pain to make contact sheets. I sure hope it flattens out after spending some time sleeved. Right now I have a roll of it in the Leica CL with the 40/2 Summicron and another roll in the Bessa L with the 15/4.5 Heliar.
The film is supposed to have extended red sensitivity, not quite infra-red but up close to that region of the spectrum. I'm interested in seeing its rendition of people faces, sky with clouds, the ocean, and so on. Mikal said there's no cost advantage over Tri-X or Ilford HP5 Plus. He just thought we should give it a try. With Tri-X looking to make an exit from the market I need to find another everyday 400 speed film. I like the HP5 Plus but I'm open to suggestions.
I should take Monkey with me tomorrow. Christmas seems an ideal time to get him out into the stores, around the bright lights, maybe sitting on Santa's lap...LOL He's been sitting on a table in the living room for weeks now, alone and forlorn. Poor Monkey!
James Mitchell wants to put a picture with Monkey on a T-shirt, and market it in Japan. His girlfriend is from Japan, and they're planning a trip there in a couple of months. He envisions a sleeveless T with a picture of me and Monkey on the front, and marketing it to teenage Japanese girls. Maybe he has a good idea there. Guess we'll find out!
In the meantime Belle wants to work the bugs out of the posting problem. She envisions posting a photo just about every day, and me writing about it. I love the idea! Some would be current work, mostly from my self-portrait project, while the others would be old shots from the 60's and 70's. If you have any thoughts on this please let me know. Thanks.
http://www.frugalphotographer.com/catMaco.htm This will get you to the Frugal Photographer page for ordering some MACOPHOT CUBE 400c film.
Monkey and I just got back from Starbucks where we did a self-portrait with the manager, William, in a Santa hat over his shaved head and oneof the girls that works there. I also shot some with monkey in a glass fronted bulletin board full of Polaroid pictures of people with Santa that were taken a couple weeks ago at their Christmas party. Then we went across the street from my house where the lawn is full if fanciful reindeer and a sleigh made out of wire painted white. Monkey is riding a reindeer! We plan on going back over there in a couple of hours when hundreds of little lights are on, all over the reindeer and the sleigh.
I've been shooting with that MACO film since I have it anyway. Only two or three shots left on the roll in the Bessa L. I might dig out an M adapter and finish up the roll in the CL with the 15 also.
I heard that Kodak is getting out of the film business entirely. I wonder what they're going to do with the production facility in China that's started cranking out Kodacolor Gold? Maybe just market it under another name?
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